01 May 2006

A Memoir From the Age of Kisses

Yes, of course it sounds wonderful. Who wouldn’t want to live in a world of constant kisses? But it was a compulsion, don’t you see. Everyone kissing everyone else all the time. It grew very unpleasant in a very short time. You got so you’d keep your mouth clamped tightly shut just so the kisser could do their kiss quickly and move on. You never wanted any tongue, that was for sure. There were people who said it made the human race more intimate. Most of us were just glad when it was over. We preferred hand shakes and smiles.